Naguib Mahfouz Medal for Literature
1 appearances
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Edition 14 (2007) Winner
Amina Zaydan
アミーナ・ザイダン
Amina Zaydan
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1966 （Suez）
- Nationality
- Egyptian
- Languages
- Arabic
- Residence History
- Suez, Egypt → Cairo, Egypt
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Short story writer, Civil servant
- Active Years
- 1994-
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Akhbar al-Adab literary competition (first prize) | It Happened Secretly | 短編小説コンクール | Gamal al-Ghitani / Akhbar al-Adab | 受賞 |
| 1995 | Cairo International Book Fair — Best Short Story Collection | It Happened Secretly | 最優秀短編集 | Cairo International Book Fair | 受賞 |
| 2007 | Naguib Mahfouz Medal | Red Wine | 小説 | Naguib Mahfouz Medal committee | 受賞 |
Akhbar al-Adab literary competition (first prize)
1994
Work:
It Happened Secretly
Category:
短編小説コンクール
Organization:
Gamal al-Ghitani / Akhbar al-Adab
Result:
受賞
Cairo International Book Fair — Best Short Story Collection
1995
Work:
It Happened Secretly
Category:
最優秀短編集
Organization:
Cairo International Book Fair
Result:
受賞
Naguib Mahfouz Medal
2007
Work:
Red Wine
Category:
小説
Organization:
Naguib Mahfouz Medal committee
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
It Happened Secretly
1994 Short story collectionA collection of short stories dealing with women and social inequality. An early acclaimed work that won literary prizes.
gender inequalitywomen's rightssocial criticism
Fawda
Short story collectionA volume of short stories focusing on social chaos and individual conflicts.
chaosindividual vs societyurban life
Red Wine
2006 NovelA novel addressing contemporary Egyptian society and gender inequality. Noted for its social critique and female perspective; it won the Naguib Mahfouz Medal.
gendersocial oppressionfamily relationships
Translations
- English translation by Sally Gomaa (AUC Press, 2010)
Bibliography
- It Happened Secretly
- Fawda
- Red Wine
Translations of Works
- Red Wine — English translation by Sally Gomaa (AUC Press, 2010)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- realistsocially criticalfeminist perspective
- Recurring Motifs
- oppression of womenfamily and private lifeurban loneliness
Legacy
Amina Zaydan is an important contemporary Egyptian female writer known for works addressing gender inequality. Her novel Red Wine won the Naguib Mahfouz Medal and has been translated internationally.
Trivia
- She works as a civil servant in Cairo while continuing her literary career.
- Her short story collection It Happened Secretly won a literary competition in 1994 and Best Short Story Collection at the Cairo International Book Fair in 1995.
- Her novel Red Wine won the Naguib Mahfouz Medal in 2007 and was translated into English (AUC Press, 2010).